Ornament mounting device



Feb. 5, 1952 W, CHENEY 2,584,185

ORNAMENT AMOUNTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 2. 1948 Leslie WCeey Patented Feb. 5, 1952 Leslie Cheneyanprth Amerigo. as. t Sueet;.;-.II.1c-,.a @mentioned Diel.

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This, inventionY relates.- evan-,article ofcjewelry upon which there will be removably positioned some sort of an ornament such, for instance, as an initial or an emblem.

Initials, or emblems, or ornaments have been variously mounted upon jewelry articles. In many cases the initials or ornaments are xedly mounted in position. Frequently, initials may be assembled by the retailer at the place of sale, but some complicated arrangement is usually encountered, or some arrangement which is rather expensive to produce exists which is a drawback to the production of ornaments to be assembled at the place of customers purchase.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an extremely simple arrangement for mounting an ornament upon some jewelry object so that the same may be individualized.

Another object in this `invention is to provide a construction of base which may be easily and eiciently formed and one in which the units may be increased at will by duplication of the single base unit provided.

Another object of this invention is to provide a spring which will be of wire form and one readily produced with an arrangement so that the spring may be dropped in place and held there so as to operate freely upon an assembly of the parts.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l' is a perspective view of a tie holde embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing one initial mounted on the tie holder and two initials removed.

Figure 3 is a top plan View with all three initials removed.

Figure 4 is a section on line l-- of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an exploded view in perspective showing the parts which go to make up the assembly.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the ornaments or initials.

In proceeding with this invention I provide a bar which is recessed suciently to receive a wire spring and I then provide a cover over the bar and spring to hold the spring in place. The bar and the cover are provided with openings on opposite sides of the spring and register with an opening in the spring. These openings provide a recess for the reception of a rearwardly extend- 4 plains.; (ci. 411-140) iris. ptgusesaeegfthemanettes metal-Iene.

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With reference to the drawings, Il] designates a bar, which in this particular illustration is designed for the reception of three ornaments or initials and thus is provided with three recesses II in spaced relation along the length thereof. These recesses will be of a depth so as to accom modate a springdesignated generally I2, one of which may be in each recess II so as to be flush or below the top surface I3 of the bar. The recess is further provided with an opening I4 which extends completely thru the bar, and the width of this opening is less than the bar as will be readily apparent from Figure 4.

In order to hold each of the Springs I2 in its recess a cover extends over the recess and in the present form this cover comprises a top wall I5 which has openings IE to register with the openings Id, and also register with the space which is enclosed by the spring I2. This cover may conveniently be bent up from sheet stock into the form of a tube, as shown in Figure 3, with opposite side walls I'I and bottom wall I8, and end wall 23, and this tube may be slid over the bar, with an opening I6 spaced along it in tandem relation to register with the opening I4 to hold the springs I2 in place. The top wall will have raised portions I5 drawn upwardly from the sheet stock so as to be substantially flush with the surface of the initials or ornaments which are mounted on the bar in spaced relation.

The spring I2 consists of end portions I9 and inwardly deflected side portions 20. The distance between the inwardly deected side portions 20 is less than the distance between the opposite sides of the openings I4 or I6.

The ornament which in this particular illustration comprises a letter 2|, is provided on its rear surface with a protuberance 22, which is under cut, and is of a length just a little less than the openings I4 or I6. In order to insert this protuberance and cause the ornament to be mounted on the base, it is merely necessary to press this protuberance 22 thru the opening I6, which will cause the portions 20 of the spring to be spread apart so thatrthe largest diameter of the protuberance 22 may pass thru these portions 2I3 of the spring. These portions 20 then move toward each other to prevent the protuberance from moving out of the recess and thus the ornament becomes firmly mounted in place. By reason of the out of round shape, or rectangular shape of the recess and the protuberance 22. the

ornament cannot rotate about any access within itself.

I claim:

1. A jewelry article for mounting an ornament having a rearwardly projecting protuberance. said article comprising a bar with a rectangular recess in its face, a generally rectangular spring in said recess, a cover for said recess over said bar and openings in said bar and cover on opposite sides of said spring, and registering with the opening in said spring to receive said protuberance While being gripped by said spring.

2. A jewelry article as in claim 1 wherein said spring has its opposite sides deflected inwardly to be of a dimension between said sides less than the corresponding dimension of said openings.

3. A jewelry article as in claim l wherein said cover comprises a tubular member telescoping said bar. l

4. A jewelry article as in claim 1 wherein a plurality of recesses are provided in said bar in tandem relation, and each is equipped with a REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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